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It’s a rare Angels fan who hasn’t been trapped in a conga line of cars exiting the 57 on game day.
Now imagine a Monday night National Football League game just off I-405.
Carson city leaders voted this spring to woo the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders with a new 70,000-seat stadium alongside one of the nation&

RIO DE JANEIRO — Ronda Rousey defended her bantamweight title by knocking out Bethe Correia only 34 seconds into the first round at UFC 190 on Saturday night.
Rousey charged at Correia at the start and finished the fight by throwing a rapid sequence of punches at the Brazilian’s head, landing a combination of right and left s

LOS ANGELES – The difference of opinion between the Angels and Dodgers clubhouse as it relates to Clayton Kershaw tells you just how good the Dodgers ace is.
After Kershaw ran his scoreless streak to 37 innings with eight innings in the Dodgers’ 3-1 victory over the Angels Saturday, the losing clubhouse was full of awe and sh

LOS ANGELES – Clayton Kershaw’s hip is clearly fine.
Kershaw, who had his start pushed back twice because of a sore left hip, ran his scoreless innings streak to 37 with eight innings in the Dodgers’ 3-1 victory over the Angels on Saturday.
Kershaw is just the sixth pitcher since 1974 to have multiple scoreless

LOS ANGELES -- Last night, a few hours after he arrived in town, Alex Wood was told to be ready to start today's 1 p.m. game -- just in case he was needed. Clayton Kershaw's scheduled start had already been pushed back to today from Wednesday because of a sore hip, and it wasn't entirely clear he'd be able to go.
As of now, Kershaw's sta

LOS ANGELES – This, this one was a treat.
And, here, I’m not even talking about the fact I covered this game free from the restraints of sweaty underpants.
I’m not kidding. On a day at Dodger Stadium when the opening-pitch temperature was 83 and the sun was as unrelenting as Scott Van Slyke’s beard, I wore

Three Orange County surfers remain in the hunt for the U.S. Open of Surfing title, winning their round 4 heats Saturday to earn a spot into today’s quarterfinals.
San Clemente’s Nate Yeomans kicked off the action in the first heat of the day against Brazil’s Michael Rodrigues, with Yeomans winning the heat with a total

ANAHEIM – From his corner locker, three hours before last Sunday’s game, Chris Iannetta was watching a movie on the Angels clubhouse television and laughing.
The jokes were stupid funny and crass, not really the sophisticated humor one might expect would push the cerebral veteran Angels catcher into a bout with the giggles.

LOS ANGELES – Mike Scioscia, who was ejected for the second time this season on Saturday, seemed more upset with how umpire Chris Segal acted after he ejected him than he was with the call that led to the ejection.
In the second inning, Angels lefty Andrew Heaney threw a 3-2 pitch to Yasiel Puig that appeared to be well within the

LOS ANGELES – C.J. Wilson has had issues with bone spurs in his elbow two other times. The last time, he pushed himself through to the end of the season and then had surgery in the offseason, and rebounded to pitch well the following year.
Not this time.
Wilson said Saturday that he is expecting to have surgery that will en

TAMPA, Fla. – - While both the Los Angeles KISS and Tampa Bay Storm entered Saturday night’s contest with losing records and coming off tough losses a week ago, neither team had been eliminated from playoff contention.
But with just one game remaining in the regular season, the KISS’ postseason hopes suffered a s

LOS ANGELES – Since he last allowed a run, Clayton Kershaw has faced 128 batters and recorded 113 outs. He has allowed two doubles and 13 singles. He has struck out 51 batters and walked one – perhaps most improbably, lowly-hitting Angels rookie infielder Taylor Featherston. After Saturday’s eight innings, Kershaw’

HUNTINGTON BEACH – Caroline Marks was hoisted onto the shoulders of her bothers at the water’s edge of Huntington Beach on Saturday afternoon, smiling and reaching out to high five fans as she was carried to the sand.
Thirty minutes later, a similar scene played out.
It was San Clemente native Griffin Colapinto's turn

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Alan Gordon scored in the 69th minute, Robbie Keane added a goal in stoppage time and the Galaxy ended a 15-match winless streak on the road with a 3-1 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night.
Sebastian Lletget tied it in the 56th minute to start the Galaxy (10-7-7) on their way to their first road

LOS ANGELES – Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen’s home run troubles have continued against the Angels, and Manager Don Mattingly says a mechanical flaw in his closer’s delivery is to blame.
“I think the main thing with Kenley when he struggles at all, he just gets out of line,” Mattingly said. “When he&rsqu